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NextDC is an Australian data centre operator headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland. It is the largest listed developer and operator of such facilities in the country.[1] As of March 2026, the company operates 17 data centres in Australia and one in Malaysia.

History

NextDC’s P2 data centre in Perth

NextDC was founded by Bevan Slattery in May 2010.[2] It has been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange since December 2010.[3]

In 2015, NextDC was named Australia’s fastest-growing technology company in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards.[citation needed]

In December 2025, NextDC signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI to develop sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure in Australia, with a large AI campus and GPU supercluster at the company’s S7 site in Sydney.[4]

In May 2026, NextDC launched its first international data centre, KL1 Kuala Lumpur.[5]

Data centres

Operational
Name Location Launched date Uptime Institute tier Ref
KL1 Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2026 IV [6]
A1 Adelaide Adelaide, South Australia 2024 IV [7]
B1 Brisbane Brisbane, Queensland 2011 III [8]
B2 Brisbane Fortitude Valley, Queensland 2017 IV [9][10]
C1 Canberra Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2012 III [11]
D1 Darwin Darwin, Northern Territory 2024 III [12]
M1 Melbourne Port Melbourne, Victoria 2012 III [13]
M2 Melbourne Tullamarine, Victoria 2017 IV [10]
M3 Melbourne West Footscray, Victoria 2022 IV [14]
P1 Perth Malaga, Western Australia 2014 III [15]
P2 Perth Perth, Western Australia 2020 IV [16][17]
PH1 Port Hedland Port Hedland, Western Australia 2023 III [18]
S1 Sydney Macquarie Park, New South Wales 2013 III [10][13]
S2 Sydney Macquarie Park, New South Wales 2020 IV [10]
S3 Sydney Artarmon, New South Wales 2022 IV [19]
S6 Sydney Artarmon, New South Wales 2024 N/A [20]
SC1 Sunshine Coast Maroochydore, Queensland 2021 N/A (Edge data centre) [21]
NE1 Newman Newman, Western Australia 2024 III [22]
Under construction or in development
Name Location Status Ref
M4 Melbourne Port Melbourne, Victoria In development [23]
S4 Sydney Horsley Park, New South Wales In development [24]
S5 Sydney Macquarie Park, New South Wales In planning [23]
AK1 Auckland Auckland, New Zealand In planning [25]
TK1 Tokyo Tokyo, Japan In development [6]
GE1 Geelong Geelong, Victoria In development [26]
S7 Sydney Eastern Creek, New South Wales In planning [27]
GC1 Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland In planning [28]
SC2 Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast, Queensland In development [29]
D2 Darwin Darwin, Northern Territory In development [30]

References

  1. ^ “NextDC boss says nuclear should be on table as AI sucks up energy”. Australian Financial Review. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ “NEXTDC History”. NEXTDC. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. ^ “NEXTDC LIMITED”. www.asx.com.au. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ “OpenAI, NextDC ink $7b Australian data centre deal”. Information Age. 8 December 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  5. ^ “NEXTDC KL1, NEXTDC KL1 Kuala Lumpur Goes Live: Malaysia’s Premier AI-Ready Data Centre Opens for Business”. Information Age. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  6. ^ a b Butler, Georgia (5 May 2023). “NextDC listing reveals data center plans in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan”. Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  7. ^ “First look inside NEXTDC’s $100m Adelaide data centre – InDaily”. www.indaily.com.au. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  8. ^ Coyne, Allie (17 November 2015). “NextDC wants to raise $70m for new Brisbane data centre”. iTnews. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  9. ^ Cowan, Paris (19 May 2016). “NextDC picks Tullamarine for second Melbourne data centre”. iTnews. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d “A peek inside NextDC’s S2 data centre”. ZDNet. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  11. ^ “NextDC opens Canberra data centre”. iTnews. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  12. ^ Guan, Lilia (15 August 2024). “NextDC’s D1 data centre facility opens in NT”. ARN. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  13. ^ a b Dawn-Hiscox, Tanwen (5 October 2017). “NextDC’s data center gets Australia’s first Tier IV certificate”. Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  14. ^ Talevski, Julia (20 October 2022). “NextDC opens largest DC to date with M3 Melbourne”. www.arnnet.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  15. ^ “Preview: NextDC’s Perth data centre”. iTnews. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  16. ^ Hastie, Hamish (31 July 2020). “Internet has a new home in WA with opening of $200 million data tower”. WAtoday. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  17. ^ Alley, Alex (31 July 2020). “Australia’s NextDC opens Perth P2 hyperscale data center”. Data Centre Dynamics. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  18. ^ “NextDC launches Pilbara’s first of its kind data centre”. CRN Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  19. ^ Dickinson, Eleanor (21 September 2022). “NextDC opens $1B Sydney data centre”. ARN. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  20. ^ “S6 Sydney Data Centre”. NEXTDC. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  21. ^ Bowen, Mark (15 December 2021). “NEXTDC announces new edge data centre network and launches SC1 on Sunshine Coast”. Intelligent CIO APAC. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  22. ^ “NE1 Newman Data Centre”. NEXTDC. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  23. ^ a b “NEXTDC 1H23 Results Presentation” (PDF). NextDC. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  24. ^ Moore, Ben (30 July 2021). “NextDC to build massive 300MW data centre in West Sydney”. CRN Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  25. ^ Bennett, Tess (11 May 2023). “NextDC raising $618m for Asia data centre dream”. Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  26. ^ “GE1 Geelong Data Centre”. NEXTDC. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  27. ^ “S7 Sydney Data Centre”. NEXTDC. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  28. ^ “GC1 Gold Coast Data Centre”. NEXTDC. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  29. ^ “NEXTDC SC2 Sunshine Coast Data Centre”. DataCenterMap. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  30. ^ “D2 Darwin Data Centre”. NEXTDC. Retrieved 12 March 2026.